Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-14
THE SECOND ANNUAL.
An International Convention of Chrts-
 tfaua at WOrk.

An International Convention of Chr1s- |
 tians at work.
 An international convention or conference l for the development and encouragement ot practical Christian work will be held in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York city, for eight days, September 21-2s, inclusive. It is under the direction of the committee for Christian Workers in the United States and Canada, who were appointed at similar as- sembly in Chicago June, 1887.
 It will be composed of mission workers in cities and towns, evangelists, s,superintendents and workers in city evangelization agencies, Bible readers, Sunday school workers, prison missionaries, Christian temperance workers, pastors of churches Christian business men and others engaged or interested in practical home Christian work among the unevangel- ized classes who are not reached by the ordi- nary work of the church.
 The object of the convention is 8 better acquaintance of such workers with each other and with their various missionary operations and consultation and conference concerning the best methods for the advancement of missionary labors among the masses ln the cities and towns in America.
 The committee announce that already ar engagements have been made by which
  and mission workers will be present from different parts of the country. Among these are Rev. A. F. Schaufder, New York City Missionary society: Rev. Josiah Strong, gene ral secretary Evangelical Alliance of the United States; Rev. G. F. Pentecost, the well known evangelist; Rev. D. A. Reed, president School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Mass; Mayor w. H. Rowland, Toronto Mis- sion union Toronto, Canada; and Rev. A. T. Pierson, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa. The presence, ,also, of large number of earnest and capable though less widely known workers is assured.
 The singing will be conducted by MT. and Mrs. George c. Stebbins.
 The reports of missionary work and the papers to be read will be followed by brief discussions and questions and answers, in which all present will be permitted to parti- cipate, and it is proposed to afford ample op- portunity for free conference so as to make the convention in fact a symposium as to the best methods in American city mission cad evangelistic operations and similar Christian work.
 Some of the subjects which are to be dis cussed are: Training of Theological Stu dents in Mission Work, The McAll Mission Cities, Ministerial Training, Defects and Remedies, Work for the Young, Boys Clubs and Mission Sunday Schools, Prison Work Among Women, Woman's Work, Child-sav- ing Work, or Children's Reformatories, Res cue of Fallen Women, The Use of Tracts, Gospel Wagons and Tent Work, How to Get and Train Workers, The Ideal Chuch for the People, The Caste Spirit Hindrance in Christian Work, The Housing of the People in Relation to Christian Work, The Care of Discharged Prisoners, and others of like im- port. There will also be an exhibit of build ing plans for mission halls or buildings, and of printed helps in use by the various work era
 The convention is not under the manage ment of any society, but is intended to be union, undenominational gathering of all Christian men and women engaged or inter ested in these special Christian works, and all such are invited to be present.
 Reduced railroad rates will be secured and also for entertainment in New York city.
 The committee in charge are: Rev. R. A. Torrey, City Missionary society, Minneapolis, Minn.; Rev. John c. Collins, general super intendent Gospel Union, New Haven, Conn.,; Rev. s. P. Holcombe, Union Gospel mission, cifc Garden mission, Chicago, Ill.,; Major J. H. Cole, evangelist, Adrian, Mich; Charles N. Crittendon, Florence night mission, New York; Mayor W. H. Rowland, Toronto Mis- sion union, Toronto, Canada.
 The names of those intending to be present may be sent and letters of inquiry may be addressed to the secretary, Rev. John 0. Col
 
 reply should enclose stamp.
  Nutmeg State Influence 100 Years Ago.
 Yesterdays Hartford Courant says: It was one hundred years ago to-day (July 13, 179O that the Continental Congress, in ses- sion in New York, passed an ordinance for the government of what was called the Northwest Territory" This was created the first Territory" of the United States. It embraced the vast area ceded to the national government by the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia, bounded on the north by the great lakes, on the east by the lakes and the Ohio river, on the south by the Ohio river, and on the west by the Mississippi river. The ordinance creating the territory was important and characteristic piece of legislation, closing with the six fundamental principles of Amer ican civilization, including religious freedom, equal political rights, the encouragement of schools and good faith, justice and humanity to the Indians and the strict prohibition of slavery.
 Connecticut is especially interested in the event because of the large representation she had in the "Ohio company" whose proposal to buy lands was the immediate cause of the passage of the ordinance of 1787. This com pany was formed of revolutionary officers, who banded together in their camp at New burgh in 1783, and asked the congress to as- sign them their bounty lands between the Ohio and Lake Erie, that they might form new State. The Ohio company was formed in 17S6, and their first colony planted at Marietta, in 17S7.